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Last Supper is celebrated every year on Holy Thursday
The Passover Sedar Meal –Celebrated the holy days when faithful Jews
remembered how Yahweh freed the Israelites from slavery
Gratitude for God not abandoning themSedar Meal – Jewish people retell the story of
the Exodus and give thanks to God
Passion Sunday (Palm Sunday) – Jewish crowds waved palm branches and cheered his arrival on a humble donkey
Jesus said he was sent from God = BLASPHEMY
Roman rulers were afraid that Jesuswould cause riots against Romans
Jesus challenged the authoritiesChief priests of the Temple and Pharisees
Disciples and Jesus knew that his time was coming up…
Celebrated the Passover meal together by sharing stories of Exodus, said thanks to God, and sang songs
With tender love Jesus identified the bread and wine as his body and blood poured out
Reflection: Matthew 26:26-29
John’s account of the Last Supper: Washed the feet of his disciples
The story is a way of teaching how to serve one another in love
Catholics celebrate the Eucharist = Mass (Thanksgiving)
Jesus is literally the bread and wineJesus’ sacrifice is now and
forever with us
***WE ARE UNITED IN GOD AND ONE ANOTHER!!**
Jesus knew his friends would betray him, including JUDAS
His disciples were afraid to stay with JesusJesus was abandoned by everyone around himJesus’ suffering is told through the PASSION
story
Garden of Gethsemane – Jesus prayed to God to spare him from the death and suffering
Jesus came to accept it because he TRUSTED in his Father’s love for him
Judas brought the soldiers to Jesus and kissed him
Disciples left Jesus Jesus was accused with blasphemy – claiming
divine status – and threatening to destroy the temple
Jesus was mocked, blindfolding, spat on, beaten, and hit in the face
Pontius Pilate was pressured by the chief priests and the mob and sentenced Jesus to death
Crucifixions were the cruelest, most tortuous methods of capital punishment
The scourgingJesus was whipped and his flesh was torn from
his bodyDressed in a purple robe and a crown made
from a thorny bush was pounded on his headJesus = “King of the Jews”
Nailed to the CrossJesus had to walk a quarter of mile with a heavy
wooden beam to GOLGATHA (“PLACE OF SKULL”)
Jesus was helped by a man named SIMON OF CYRENE
At Golgatha, Jesus was stripped of his clothes, laid out his arms and his wrists and feet were nailed to the cross.
Jesus was tortured for hours and suffocated for air
Love of enemies - “Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing”
Jesus freely accepted his deathJesus’ death became an act of love for all
humankind and total trust in God’s love for him
GOOD FRIDAY – Day to remember that Jesus died and his body was laid in the tomb
“He has been raised”Mary Magdalene and Mary
went to the tomb to finish Jesus’ burial
An angel appeared, rolled the stone away, and said “Jesus has been raised.” They were told to go tell the disciples
Jesus’ disciples were afraid so they hid They felt that Jesus died with
his mission and purposeThey felt lied to
Easter = the celebration ofJesus being brought back to lifeEvery Sunday = miniEasterSunday = Sabbath day
Jesus appeared as a gardener to Mary Magdelene
He appeared as a stranger on the road to Emmaus
He appeared to his disciples in the room
All four gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) all note the story – Jesus was not in the tomb and Mary M. and Mary found the empty tomb. The disciples were told that Jesus was raised from the dead
After Jesus died, stories about his life, death, and resurrection was passed on by word of mouth
The authors wrote the stories to meet the needs of the particular Christian community
Bible = a collection of stories of religious truth carried on by God’s people